Research Publications

Mehtani R, Rathi S. Recurrence of primary disease after adult liver transplant – Risk factors, early diagnosis, management and prevention. Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. May 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jceh.2024.101432

Maiwall R, Singh SP, Angeli P, et al. APASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of acute kidney injury in acute-on-chronic liver failure. Hepatol Int. Published online April 5, 2024. doi:10.1007/s12072-024-10650-0

Verma N, Mehtani R, Haiar JM, et al. Clinical criteria accurately diagnose severe but not moderate alcohol-associated hepatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Hepatol Commun. 2024;8(4):e0404. Published 2024 Mar 18. doi:10.1097/HC9.0000000000000404

Singh SA, Pampaniya H, Mehtani R, et al. Living donor liver transplant in acute on chronic liver failure grade 3: Who not to transplant. Digestive and Liver Disease. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2023.07.024.

Mehtani R, Nandi B, Rajput MS et al. Poor Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines on Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in India: A Questionnaire-based Survey. Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. July 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2023.07.001

Mehtani R, Saigal S. Long term complications of immunosuppression post liver transplant. Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2023.06.007

Mehtani R, Premkumar M, Garg S, et al. Intravenous BCAA infusion does not lead to a sustained recovery from overt HE in ACLF – An open label randomized clinical trial. Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2023.05.015

Singh V, De A, Mehtani R, et al. Asia-Pacific association for study of liver guidelines on management of ascites in liver disease. Hepatol Int. 2023;10.1007/s12072-023-10536-7. doi:10.1007/s12072-023-10536-7

Sunil Taneja, Rohit Mehtani, Arka De, Suvradeep Mitra, Sahaj Rathi, Nipun Verma, Madhumita Premkumar, Ranjana Minz, Ajay Duseja, Ashim Das, Virendra Singh, Radha K. Dhiman, Yogesh K. Chawla. Spectrum of Autoimmune Liver Disease and Real-World Treatment Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 2022. ISSN 0973-6883, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2022.11.002.

Jadaun SS, Mehtani R, Hasnain A, et al. Good outcomes of living donor liver transplant in primary sclerosing cholangitis: an experience from North India [published online ahead of print, 2022 Nov 14]. Hepatol Int. 2022;1-8. doi:10.1007/s12072-022-10442-4

Mehtani R, Premkumar M & Kulkarni AV. Nutrition in Critical Care Hepatology. Curr Hepatology Rep 21, 87–98 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11901-022-00586-0

Premkumar M, Mehtani R, Kulkarni AV, et al. Association of Heparin-Like Effect, Factor VII/XIII Deficiency and Fibrinolysis with Rebleeding Risk in Cirrhosis with Acute Variceal Bleeding. Dig Dis Sci. 2022;1-17. doi:10.1007/s10620-022-07656-9

Tomar, S, Nallapeta N, Mehtani R, Mahmud N, Sundaram V. Statins reduce development of acute-on-chronic liver failure in patients with cirrhosis. @Gijournal. 2, 1 (May 2022). DOI:https://doi.org/10.52697/gijournal.v2i1.33

Mehtani R, Garg S, Kajal K, Soni SL, Premkumar M. Neurological monitoring and sedation protocols in the Liver Intensive Care Unit. Metab Brain Dis. 2022;10.1007/s11011-022-00986-7. doi:10.1007/s11011-022-00986-7

Kaur H, Dhiman RK, Kulkarni AV, Premkumar M, Singh V, Duseja AK, Grover S, Grover GS, Roy A, Verma N, De A, Taneja S, Mehtani R, Mishra S, Kaur H. Improvement of chronic HCV infection-related depression, anxiety, and neurocognitive performance in persons achieving SVR-12: A real-world cohort study [published online ahead of print, 2022 Mar 10]. J Viral Hepat. 2022;10.1111/jvh.13668. doi:10.1111/jvh.13668

Meena BL, Praharaj DL, Premkumar M, Mehtani R, Chaluvashetty SB. Hemosuccus pancreaticus: masquerader of variceal bleed in patient with alcoholic steatohepatitis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022;34(2):235-236. doi:10.1097/MEG.0000000000001877

Gandotra A, Mehtani R, Premkumar M, Duseja A, De A, Mallik N, Durgadevi S, Das A, Kalra N, Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis and Tuberculosis complicated by Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis - Sequelae of COVID-19 in a Liver Transplant Recipient, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2021.12.002 

Verma N, Mehtani R, Duseja A. Universal definition and prognostication in acute-on-chronic liver failure - an unmet need! J Hepatol. 2021; S0168-8278(21)01900-0. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2021.06.046

Vojjala N, Mehtani R, Singh V. Acute Liver Injury due to Therapeutic Doses of Acetaminophen - Confounders must be ruled out! Hepatology. 2021;10.1002/hep.31774. doi:10.1002/hep.31774

Premkumar M, Mehtani R, Divyaveer S, et al. Clinical Validation of Global Coagulation Tests to Guide Blood Component Transfusions in Cirrhosis and ACLF. J Clin Transl Hepatol. 2021;9(2):210-219. doi:10.14218/JCTH.2020.00121

Mehtani R, Venkitaraman A, Roy A, Premkumar M. Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor With Primary Presentation as Orbital Cellulitis. ACG Case Reports Journal: January 2021 - Volume 8 - Issue 1 - p e00524 doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000524

Mehtani R, Roy A, Singh V. Gut microbial metagenomics in ACLF: The causality-association conundrum. Gastroenterology 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1053/ j.gastro.2020.12.055. 

Mehtani R, Roy A, Verma N, Premkumar M, Singh V. Beta-blockers in refractory ascites - is it truly the end of the road?. J Hepatol. 2020;73(5):1290-1291. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2020.06.035

Roy A, Premkumar M, Mishra S, Mehtani R, Suri V, Aggarwal N, Singh S, Dhiman RK. Role of ursodeoxycholic acid on maternal serum bile acids and perinatal outcomes in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Oct 29. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000001954. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33136720.

Ahmed S, Premkumar M, Dhiman RK, Kulkarni AV, Imran R, Duseja A, Kaur P, Taneja S, Singh V, Mishra S, Roy A, Mehtani R. Combined PEG3350 Plus Lactulose Results in Early Resolution of Hepatic Encephalopathy and Improved 28-Day Survival in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2020 Oct 13. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000001450. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33060437.

Mehtani R, De A, Singh V. Letter: HRS-AKI - a frequent misdiagnosis in the real-world setting?. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020;52(6):1090-1091. doi:10.1111/apt.15964

Taneja S, Mehtani R, Chawla YK. Gastrointestinal and Liver manifestations of COVID-19. Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) 2020; 56(02):091-098. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1713837

Gargi K, Parikshaa G, Saha PK, Rohit M, Madhumita P, Rajvanshi A. Bilateral Adnexal Masses in a Young Female: Rare Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Review of the Literature. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2020;10(6):636-640. doi:10.1016/j.jceh.2020.01.002

Sompal, Gupta M, Soni S, Mehtani R, Bharani A. Disseminated Cryptococcosis Mimicking Miliary Tuberculosis with Generalized Lymphadenopathy in Immunocompetent Host. J Assoc Physicians India. 2017;65(6):100-102.

Mehtani R, Premkumar M, Garg S, et al. Intravenous branched chain amino acid infusion is associated with early but ill-sustained recovery of overt hepatic encephalopathy in acute-on-chronic liver failure: A pilot protocol. Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. 2022; 12 (Suppl 2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2022.07.087

Mehtani R, Saigal S, Jadaun SS, et al. Impact of pre-transplant serum sodium on early outcomes after living donor liver transplant: a retrospective analysis. Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. 2022; 12 (Suppl 2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2022.07.143

Mehtani R, Rastogi R, Jadaun SS, et al. A Curious case of disappearing HCC. Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. 2022; 12 (Suppl 2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2022.07.133

Premkumar M, Aggarwal A, Mehtani R, et al. Role of hepcidin, altered iron metabolism and systemic inflammation in the pathogenesis of iron deficiency anemia, anemia of chronic disease, and iron refractory anemia in cirrhosis and ACLF. Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. 2022; 12 (Suppl 2).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2022.07.093

Mehtani R, De A, Mishra S, Roy A, Gandotra A, Verma N, Premkumar M, Taneja S, Duseja A, Singh V. Natural history of non-severe COVID-19 in patients with liver disease. Hepatology; 74 (Suppl 1):332A – 333A, 2021.https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.32188

De A, Duseja A, Mehta M, Singh P, Mehtani R, Verma N, Premkumar M, Taneja S, Das A, Singh V. AGILE 3+ score for assessing hepatic fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – validation in an Indian cohort. Hepatology; 74 (Suppl 1). https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.32188

Premkumar M, Kaur H, Kekan K, Singh V, Duseja A, Ahluwalia J, Kaur H, Mishra S, Mehtani R, De A, Verma N, Taneja S, Kumar N, Reddy V, Singh A, Kajal K, Divyaveer S. Hyperfibrinolysis, endogenous heparinoids and altered plasmin-factor XIII balance contribute to early rebleeding and mortality in cirrhosis with acute variceal bleeding. Hepatology; 74 (Suppl 1). https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.32188

Mehtani R, Aggarwal A, Premkumar M, Kaur H, Kaur H, Kekan K, Lad D, Divyaveer S, Zohmangaihi D, Mallik N, Mishra S, De A, Verma N, Taneja S, Duseja A, Singh V. S3411 Profile of Anaemia in Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure. The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S1401-S1402 doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000787176.69085.61

Premkumar M, Kaur H, Kaur H, Grover S, Grover G, Dhiman R, Duseja A, Mehtani R. S1083 Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Is Associated With Depression, Anxiety, and Impaired Neurocognitive Performance, Which Improves After Achieving SVR-12 With Direct-Acting Antivirals: A Prospective Study. The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S511-S512 doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000777864.02977.07

Aggarwal A, Premkumar M, Mallik N, Zohmangaihi D, Lad D, Divyaveer S, Singh V, Kaur H, Kaur H, Kekan K, Mehtani R, Duseja A, Taneja S, Verma N, De A. S3403 Assessment of Role of Iron Metabolism, Vitamin Deficiency, Gastrointestinal Blood Loss, and Chronic Inflammation in the Etiopathogenesis of Anemia in Chronic Liver Disease. The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2021 - Volume 116 - Issue - p S1398-S1399 doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000787144.62681.ed